定 dìng

1. dìng verb to decide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 决定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 2; Ho 2002, '定' 3) 定 is the 180th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute frequency wordlist (1985).
2. dìng verb certainly; definitely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '定' 5)
3. dìng verb to determine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 约定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3)
4. dìng verb to calm down
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定下来 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3; Ho 2002, '定' 2)
5. dìng verb to set; to fix
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 眼睛定在目标 'fix your eyes on a target' (Ho 2002, '定' 1)
6. dìng verb to book; to subscribe to; to order
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定做 (Ho 2002, '定' 4)
7. dìng verb still
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a verb complement (Ho 2002, '定' 6)

Contained in

• 定规(定規) to decide; to determine; established practice; firmly resolved (to do sth)
• 镇定剂(鎮定劑) tranquilizer; depressant; sedative
• 界定 definition; to delimit
• 勘定 to demarcate; to survey and determine
• 晨昏定省 morning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省
• 定常态(定常態) constant state; fixed state
• 稳定性(穩定性) stability
• 定向越野 cross-country orienteering
• 盖棺定论(蓋棺定論) don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
• 定标(定標) to calibrate (measure or apparatus); fixed coefficient
• 指定 to appoint; to designate
• 定理 theorem ; an established idea ; an item stipulated in writing
• 稳定度(穩定度) degree of stability
• 滴定 titration
• 肯定 to confirm; to agree with ; affirmative; certain; definite ; to recognize to be of value; to affirm ; to understand
• 定都 to establish a capital
• 固定资产(固定資產) fixed assets
• 定案 to reach a verdict; to make a judgment in a case
• 定界 demarcation; boundary; delimited; bound (math.)
• 定性研究 qualitative research
• 既定 already fixed; set; established
• 关贸总协定(關貿總協定) GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• 推定 to infer; to recommend; to estimate; to deduce
• 剩余定理(剩餘定理) the Remainder Theorem
• 定期 regular; at regular intervals; fixed term ; to fix a date
• 定义(定義) a definition
• 未确定(未確定) indeterminate
• 中值定理 mean value theorem (in calculus)
• 断定(斷定) to conclude; to determine
• 一锤定音(一錘定音) to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; to make the final decision
• 协定(協定) an agreement; a protocol
• 基本定理 fundamental theorem
• 乱作决定(亂作決定) to make arbitrary decisions
• 定鼎 to set up the sacred tripods; to fix the capital; to found a dynasty
• 坚定不移(堅定不移) firm and unchanging
• 固定 fixed; set; regular ; to fix; to set
• 下定义(下定義) to define
• 一口咬定 to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
• 定然 certainly; of course
• 不稳定气流(不穩定氣流) turbulent

Also contained in

定海 、 定安 、 罗定 、 斯文·海定 、 定日 、 同品定有性 、 贵定 、 定襄 、 拉米夫定 、 永定河 、 不共不定

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• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 142
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 132
• 卷七十 志第二十三 律曆三 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Measures and Calendar 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 117
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 102
• 卷五十五　志第七:　　曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 92
• 卷八十 志第三十三 律曆十三 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 91
• 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 85
• 卷七十二 志第二十五 律曆五 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Measures and Calendar 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 83

Collocations

• 华定 (華定) 宋華定 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 18
• 前定 (前定) 前定之戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 10
• 定姒 (定姒) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 羹定 (羹定) 羹定詔於堂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 6
• 君定 (君定) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 定危 (定危) 定危治亂乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 5
• 葬定 (葬定) 葬定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 定来 (定來) 宋公使華定來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 定弋 (定弋) 葬我小君定弋 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 大定 (大定) 天下大定 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 3